Can a Robot Have Free Will?

Using insights from cybernetics and an information-based understanding of biological systems, a precise, scientifically inspired, definition of free-will is offered and the essential requirements for an agent to possess it in principle are set out. These are: (a) there must be a self to self-determi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Keith Douglas Farnsworth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-05-01
Series:Entropy
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/19/5/237